Stop Reading That!
By Spatular Gene
Stop Reading That! (formerly Spatular Extremities) is a review show for zines, fanzines, pulp magazines and other literary detritus. Follow me on Twitter at @stopreadingthat.
Stop Reading That!Jun 24, 2018
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12:23
Girl Watcher Meets JG Ballard
A review of the 50s and 60s magazine Girl Watcher and the novella Running Wild by JG Ballard.
Girl Watcher 1: archive.org/details/Girl_Watcher_01_1959-03
Girl Watcher 2: archive.org/details/Girl_Watcher_02_1959-06
Running Wild: archive.org/details/runningwild00ball
Girl Watcher 1: archive.org/details/Girl_Watcher_01_1959-03
Girl Watcher 2: archive.org/details/Girl_Watcher_02_1959-06
Running Wild: archive.org/details/runningwild00ball
Aug 30, 201817:45
Divinity
Stop Reading That! returns with the 90s British sex/fetish magazine Divinity, which is a swingin' good time. Divinity 1: archive.org/details/Divinity01Starbrite Divinity 2: archive.org/details/Divinity02Starbrite Divinity 3: archive.org/details/Divinity03Starbrite
Aug 29, 201818:42
People's Temple, People's Tomb
People’s Temple, People’s Tomb by Phil Kerns is the story of a man who escaped Jim Jones’s People’s Temple and then tried to convince two members of his family to do the same. Archive link: archive.org/details/peoplestemplepeo00kern
Jul 28, 201811:28
The Ku Klux Klan OR Invisible Empire Review
The Ku Klux Klan OR Invisible Empire is a fascinating primary source document that provides a look into the organization’s origins through the eyes of its founders. It's racist even by 1914 standards and self-serving, but should be of interest to history buffs and people looking for an angle not taught in school. ia802308.us.archive.org/25/items/cu319240835301
Jul 24, 201815:29
Raw Virus Review
Raw Virus is a reminder that there is no time like the present if you want to get your voice out.
Issue 1: ia801901.us.archive.org/21/items/RawVirus1edit/Raw%20Virus%231%28edit%29.pdf
Issue 2: ia801907.us.archive.org/28/items/RawVirus2edit/Raw%20Virus%232%28edit%29.pdf
Issue 1: ia801901.us.archive.org/21/items/RawVirus1edit/Raw%20Virus%231%28edit%29.pdf
Issue 2: ia801907.us.archive.org/28/items/RawVirus2edit/Raw%20Virus%232%28edit%29.pdf
Jul 19, 201815:57
Mentally Penetrated by an Acid Enema
Mentally Penetrated by an Acid Enema has great reviews, but the self-conscious weirdness doesn't always work in its favor.
Issue 6: ia800104.us.archive.org/33/items/MentallyPenetratedByAnAcidEnema06Starbrite/Mentally_Penetrated_By_An_Acid_Enema_06%20%28Starbrite%29.pdf
Xerox Ferox: www.amazon.com/Xerox-Ferox-World-Horror-Fanzine/dp/1909394106
Issue 6: ia800104.us.archive.org/33/items/MentallyPenetratedByAnAcidEnema06Starbrite/Mentally_Penetrated_By_An_Acid_Enema_06%20%28Starbrite%29.pdf
Xerox Ferox: www.amazon.com/Xerox-Ferox-World-Horror-Fanzine/dp/1909394106
Jul 17, 201815:27
Uncensored Detective Review
Uncensored Detective is an interesting look at America's postwar mindset, but is unfortunately lacking in the sleaze department. Volume 2: archive.org/details/uncensored-detective-v2-n6-1946-12
Jul 15, 201816:21
Whisper Review
Whether you read it for the articles or for the appreciation of the female form, Whisper is a hoot. Volume 3 Issue 7: archive.org/details/whisper-magazine-v3-n7-1950-05
Jul 12, 201811:14
Front Page Detective Review
Front Page Detective is a great example of the human desire for lurid, prurient entertainment. Volume 14 no 12: archive.org/details/Front_Page_Detective_v14n12_1955-03.Dell
Jul 11, 201816:48
Gorehound Meets John Wayne Gacy
Gorehound is a nifty horror rock zine that has something to offer even to those outside of its seemingly narrow focus, while the comic book John Wayne Gacy: "The Killer Clown" doesn't have much to appeal to those outside true crime fandom.
Greyhound 1: archive.org/details/Gorehound-HorrorPunkZineCompilationDisc
John Wayne Gacy, "The Killer Clown": archive.org/details/PsychoKillers-JohnWayneGacyComicBook
Greyhound 1: archive.org/details/Gorehound-HorrorPunkZineCompilationDisc
John Wayne Gacy, "The Killer Clown": archive.org/details/PsychoKillers-JohnWayneGacyComicBook
Jul 09, 201818:15
Bullshitdozer Review
A review of the music zine Bullshitdozer from Kaliningrad, Russia. Please pardon the audio issues. Issue 3: archive.org/details/bullshitdozer_3 Issue 4: archive.org/details/bullshitdozer_4 Issue 5: archive.org/details/bullshitdozer_5
Jul 08, 201811:10
Sheer Filth
A review of the British exploitation zine Sheer Filth. Plus, a few comments on Kevin Allred, Kino Jimenez and the streets of San Francisco.
Sheer Filth 1: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_01
Sheer Filth 2: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_02
Sheer Filth 7: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_07_August_1989
Sheer Filth 8: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_08_Jan_1990
Sheer Filth 9: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_09
Sheer Filth 1: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_01
Sheer Filth 2: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_02
Sheer Filth 7: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_07_August_1989
Sheer Filth 8: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_08_Jan_1990
Sheer Filth 9: archive.org/details/Sheer_Filth_09
Jul 06, 201815:44
Invasion of the Sad Man Eating Mushrooms
Invasion of the Sad Man Eating Mushrooms seems a bit uneven at first, but is a great example of how zines are used in community-building. Issue 1: archive.org/details/Invasion_of_the_Sad_Man_Eating_Mushrooms_01_Noose Issue 7: archive.org/details/InvasionOfTheSadManEatingMushrooms07Starbrite
Jul 04, 201812:21
Communist Atrocity
Wisconsin's anti-communist punk zine demonstrates how little has changed since 1982. Issue 2: archive.org/details/communist_atrocity_2
Jul 02, 201811:35
Videooze
Videooze is great for fans of the horror genre, but it is missing that intangible ingredient that would make people outside fandom more curious. Plus, Spatular Extremities is now Stop Reading That!I
Issue 1: https://archive.org/details/Videooze_1_toecutter
Issues 6&7: https://archive.org/details/Videooze_6-7_Naschy_Special_djangokiller
Issue 8: https://archive.org/details/Videooze_8_Spring_1996_gorbag
Jul 02, 201812:59
Am I Going to Hell for Reading This?
A NSFW review of Volume 1 of the Canadian video review zine Cinema Sewer.
Vol. 1: archive.org/details/Cinema_Sewer_Volume_1
Cinema Sewer website: www.cinemasewer.com
Bitchute video: www.bitchute.com/video/GUeWtCrPHm1W
Vol. 1: archive.org/details/Cinema_Sewer_Volume_1
Cinema Sewer website: www.cinemasewer.com
Bitchute video: www.bitchute.com/video/GUeWtCrPHm1W
Jun 29, 201820:23
Boom!
A short review of the Louisiana trash entertainment zine Boom!, plus an impression of Ron Perlman.
Boom!: archive.org/details/Boom1toecutter
Background: twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1011295781653921793
Boom!: archive.org/details/Boom1toecutter
Background: twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1011295781653921793
Jun 28, 201809:46
Letters from a Poison Pen
A review of the 90s Bronx-based anarchist zine Poison Pen.
Issue 2: archive.org/details/poisonpen-02
Issue 3: archive.org/details/poisonpen-03
Issue 4: archive.org/details/poisonpen-04
Issue 5: archive.org/details/poisonpen-05
Issue 2: archive.org/details/poisonpen-02
Issue 3: archive.org/details/poisonpen-03
Issue 4: archive.org/details/poisonpen-04
Issue 5: archive.org/details/poisonpen-05
Jun 27, 201813:59
A Highball Full of Sexploitation
A review of the 90s sexploitation cinema zine Highball.
Vol. 1 Issue 1: archive.org/details/Highball0101Starbrite
Vol. 2 Issue 1: archive.org/details/Highball_v02n01_1994
Vol. 1 Issue 1: archive.org/details/Highball0101Starbrite
Vol. 2 Issue 1: archive.org/details/Highball_v02n01_1994
Jun 26, 201816:14
Yeeeuuch and Cheap Sh-t
A review of the 1987 British horror zine Yeeeuuch!, plus a short review of the 2017 Colombian zine Cheap Shit.
Yeeeuuch!:
archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch1 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch2 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch3 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch4
Cheap Shit:
archive.org/details/cheapshit01 archive.org/details/cheapshit01 archive.org/details/CheapShit3 archive.org/details/CheapShit4Pdfversion
Yeeeuuch!:
archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch1 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch2 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch3 archive.org/details/Yeeeuuch4
Cheap Shit:
archive.org/details/cheapshit01 archive.org/details/cheapshit01 archive.org/details/CheapShit3 archive.org/details/CheapShit4Pdfversion
Jun 26, 201814:58
Rodent Cake with a GG Allin Chaser
A review of the Fort Myers, FL zine Rodent Cake and GG Allin’s (S)Crapbook.
Rodent Cake 1: archive.org/details/RodentCake-Issue1
Rodent Cake 2: mediachrist.blogspot.com/2012/07/rodent-cake-magazine-issue-2-feb1995.html
GG Allin’s (S)Crapbook: archive.org/details/Ggsscrapbook
Sluggisha Tapes: sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com
Rodent Cake 1: archive.org/details/RodentCake-Issue1
Rodent Cake 2: mediachrist.blogspot.com/2012/07/rodent-cake-magazine-issue-2-feb1995.html
GG Allin’s (S)Crapbook: archive.org/details/Ggsscrapbook
Sluggisha Tapes: sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com
Jun 24, 201814:51
Banned in Britain Review
A review of the British splatter film zine that was produced in Denmark.
Issue 1: archive.org/details/BannedInBritain1
Issue 2: archive.org/details/Banned_in_Britain_2_c2c_2004_Crapscans
Issue 1: archive.org/details/BannedInBritain1
Issue 2: archive.org/details/Banned_in_Britain_2_c2c_2004_Crapscans
Jun 24, 201812:23
Sleazorama: Vintage Fanzine Review
A review of the short-lived 1990s grindhouse horror fanzine Sleazorama.
Issue 1: archive.org/details/Sleazorama01Starbrite
Issue 2: archive.org/details/Sleazorama02Starbrite Issue 3: archive.org/details/Sleazorama03Starbrite
Issue 1: archive.org/details/Sleazorama01Starbrite
Issue 2: archive.org/details/Sleazorama02Starbrite Issue 3: archive.org/details/Sleazorama03Starbrite
Jun 22, 201825:50
Supplemental Episode: Kindred Spirit
A supplement to the COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle episode. Kindred Spirit was a Hull-based fanzine in the 1980s. This episode discusses a 1984 piece on Chris and Cosey.
Kindred Spirit: kindredspiritfanzine.blogspot.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jillwebb2005
Kindred Spirit: kindredspiritfanzine.blogspot.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jillwebb2005
Jun 21, 201808:24
COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle
A look at the performance art group COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle, the band that arose from the group. Contains NSFW descriptions.
City of Hull COUM Transmissions exhibit: www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/article/who-are-coum-transmissions/
City of Hull COUM Transmissions exhibit: www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/article/who-are-coum-transmissions/
Jun 20, 201830:53